Japan
46 authors
Kōbō Abe
Japanese· 1924–1993
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese· 1892–1927
Nanae Aoyama
Japanese· b. 1983
Yukito Ayatsuji
Japanese· b. 1960
Matsuo Bashō
Early Modern Japanese· 1644–1694
Kamo no Chōmei
Classical Japanese· 1153/1155–1216
Osamu Dazai
Japanese· 1909–1948
Shūsaku Endō
Japanese· 1923–1996
Sakutarō Hagiwara
Japanese· 1886–1942
Saou Ichikawa
Japanese· b. 1979
Junji Ito
Japanese· b. 1963
Kan'ami Kiyotsugu
Classical Japanese· 1333–1384
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese· 1899–1972
Hiromi Kawakami
Japanese· b. 1958
Mieko Kawakami
Japanese· b. 1976
Kenkō
Classical Japanese· 1283–1350
Yukio Mishima
Japanese· 1925–1970
Zeami Motokiyo
Classical Japanese· c. 1363 - c. 1443
Kanze Motomasa
Classical Japanese· c. 1394–1432
Haruki Murakami
Japanese· b. 1949
Murasaki Shikibu
Classical Japanese· 973–1020
Sayaka Murata
Japanese· b. 1979
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese· c. 1583 - 1645
Tsutomu Nihei
Japanese· b. 1971
Aya Nishitani
Japanese· b. 1955
Kanze Nobumitsu
Classical Japanese· b. 1435
Kenzaburō Ōe
Japanese· 1935–2023
Yōko Ogawa
Japanese· b. 1962
Fuyumi Ono
Japanese· b. 1960
Katsuhiro Otomo
Japanese· b. 1954
Hiroko Oyamada
Japanese· born 1983
Chika Sagawa
Japanese· 1911–1936
Ihara Saikaku
Japanese· 1642–1693
Lady Sarashina (Takasue's daughter)
Japanese· c. 1008–c. 1058
Kazuko Shiraishi
Japanese· 1931–2024
Sei Shōnagon
Classical Japanese· 966–1015
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese· 1867–1916
Shūzō Takiguchi
Japanese· 1903–1979
Yoko Tawada
Japanese, German· b. 1960
Mizuki Tsujimura
Japanese· b. 1980
Uketsu
Japanese· c. 1990
Emi Yagi
Japanese· b. 1988
Satoshi Yagisawa
Japanese· b. 1977
Seishi Yokomizo
Japanese· 1902–1981
Eiji Yoshikawa
Japanese· 1892–1962
Asako Yuzuki
Japanese· b. 1981